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Paragraph 9 > Now The Matrix has been an odd fish in terms of releases on home formats, with a reasonably natural tone to its original almost flagship DVD rele
by DeepYogurt 5y ago
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> Now The Matrix has been an odd fish in terms of releases on home formats, with a reasonably natural tone to its original almost flagship DVD release back in 1999 (it was one of the first titles that many DVD adopters bought), but - years later - a very different look to its 2004 re-release on DVD. Everything in 'The Matrix' suddenly became really green. This green-tinged 'style' carried on to its Blu-ray release in 2008, where things were dialled back a little, but some sequences were still almost monochromatic in their green bent.
Updated my comment to reference a second dvd release.
- dunham 5y ago> it was one of the first titles that many DVD adopters bought I remember it being bundled (in the same box) with my first DVD player.
- wcfields 5y agoPerhaps "the most DVD movie" [1], second only to "Fight Club" in people's opinions. [1] https://twitter.com/freemaneric/status/1473337573326180364 https://twitter.com/freemaneric/status/1473337573326180364
- kevinventullo 5y agoThat’s odd, I had the first DVD release and I absolutely remember the green tint to all the scenes happening “inside the matrix”. In fact, I want to say they explicitly reference this in the commentary at some point.
- DeepYogurt 5y agoYes, I think the second release just amped that effect up and added it to more scenes.
- chippiewill 5y agoI believe it definitely had some green tint / elements to it. Just not quite the "green wash" it got later on.
- LightG 5y agoSame. For the unfamiliar, I can understand ... but as a fan, I can't believe this fact is even in question.
- fyrabanks 5y agoI don't necessarily trust my memory from 20 years ago, but I do recall both the initial VHS release and the DVD version I got a couple years later both having the green tint. It's one of the things that floored me as an impressionable teenager.